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maphrodite, tubular in the difk ; females ligulate in the 
ray ; proper of the hermaphrodite funnel-form ; border 
five-cleft ; of the female, ligulate, linear, fubulate, up¬ 
right, commonly quite entire. Stamina : in the herma¬ 
phrodites j filaments five, capillary, very fhort; anthers 
cylindric, tubular. Pittillum : in the hermaphrodites; 
germ very frnall, crowned with a down longer than its 
corollet; fiyle filiform, length of the down ; fligmastwo, 
very (lender. Perianthium : none; calyx converging. 
Seeds: in tlie hermaphrodites oblong, fmall ; down long, 
hairy ; of the females extremely like the hermaphrodites. 
Receptaculmn : naked, flat. Dillenius obferves that the 
inmolt or intermediate florets of the difk are commonly 
males ; one fpecies has female naked florets.— EJfential 
CharaEler. Receptaculum naked ; down hairy ; corolla of 
the ray linear, and very narrow. 
Species, i. Erigeron vifcofum, or clammy erigeron : 
peduncles one-flowered, lateral ; leaves lanceolate, tooth- 
letted in the middle, reflex at the bafe ; calyxes fquar- 
rofe, corollas radiate. Stem upright, (tiff, ftviated, hairy, 
vifcid, branched from the very bottom, near three feet 
high ; leaves alternate, four inches long, and two broad 
in the middle ; flowers Angle, on pretty long foot-ftalks, 
fome from the fide, others from the end of the (talk ; they 
are yellow, have an agreeable odour, and appear in July. 
Native of the fouth of France, Italy, Sicily, Portugal, and 
Spain, by way-fides, and on the borders of vineyards. 
Cultivated by Mr. Miller before 1759. It is ufed to drive 
away fleas and gnats; the flrong fcent, as fome fuppofe, 
being difagreeable to thofe infects ; but it is probable they 
are caught by the clammy juice of the leaves and (talks. 
The old name of this is great facet jleabane, or great flea- 
wort. Rftot perennial. 
2. Erigeron graveolens, or ftrong-fmelling erigeron : 
leaves fublinear, quite entire; branches lateral, inany- 
flowered. Root annual ; Items eight or ten to eighteen 
inches in height, ftriated, branched the whole length. 
Monf. Villars thinks that this fpecies rather belongs to 
the genus folidago. The (talks are in gardens ftitf, and 
three feet high. The flowers are produced in dole 
bunches from the fide of the (talk towards the top ; they 
appear in July, and in warm feafons the feeds ripen in 
England. Native of the fouth of France, and Italy ; 
very frequent near Madrid ; called formerly fmall true 
jleabane. 
3. Erigeron glutinofum, or glutinous erigeron : leaves 
lanceolate-linear, hairy-vifcid ; peduncles one-flowered. 
Root perennial ; (terns a long fpan in height. Native of 
the fouth of France and Spain, ®n mountains near the 
coaft; flowering in Auguft. 
4. Erigeron ficulum, or red-flalked erigeron : lower 
calycine Ccales loofe, longer than the flower ; peduncles 
leafy. Annual; (terns red. It greatly refembles the fecond 
fpecies, except that it has no ray whatever ; and it is al¬ 
lied to inula pulicaria. Found in Sicily, and about Mont¬ 
pelier, in marflies; flowers in Augult and September. 
5. Erigeron Carolinianum, or Carolina erigeron : Item 
panicled ; flowers fubfolitary, terminating; leaves linear, 
quite entire. Stems three feet high and more,_ftraight, 
round, flreaked, the thicknefs of the little finger at bot¬ 
tom, where they are red, growing gradually more (lender 
upwards ; the leaves from top to bottom are frequent, 
very narrow, and fomewhat hairy. Towards the top the 
Item puts forth branches, forming in the whole a fort of 
pyramid ; thefe are covered with leaves like thofe of the 
ftem, only (horterand narrower ; each of thefe bears one 
fmall flower, fometimes more. The root-leaves are like 
thole on the (lera, only fhorter and blunter. It flowered 
in the green-houfe of the Eltham garden, in November 
1727; but being a native of North America, it is hardy 
enough to flower in the open ground in July and Auguft. 
It is perennial. In the text of Hortus Eltliamenfis this is 
marked fig. 393. but on the plate fig. 394. 
6. Erigeron Canadenfe, or Canadian erigeron : flowers 
in panicles, hairy, rough ; leaves lanceolate, ciliate. Root 
annual; (lem firm, hairy, fometimes three or four feet 
high, frequently crooked, much branched towards the 
top, and even from the middle, the branches gradually 
fhorter, and forming a long cone ; lower leaves oval, ta¬ 
pering to a foot-ftaik, with large blunt diftant teeth; 
higher up lanceolate, diftantly ferrate, (or entire,) flightly 
hairy on the upper, but more fo on the lower furface, 
thofe on the branches and at their bafe linear-lanceolate, 
entirely feflile ; flowering heads numerous, on Ample or 
branched (lender peduncles. This came originally from 
North America; but now has the appearance of being indi- 
genous in many parts of Europe : with us, it is not uncom¬ 
mon about London, on cultivated grounds, and on rubbifh. 
It flowers in Auguft. Petiver calls it white golden rod. 
Being a naturalized plant, it would be curious to afcertain 
when it firft appeared among us in a wild (late. In Ray’s 
Synopfis it is (aid to have been obferved by Dr. Tancred 
Robinfon. Merret (in 1667) fays it is plentiful at Hed- 
dington-hill, by Oxford, and in Yorkfhire. Petiver men¬ 
tions its growing about London. 
7. Erigeron bonarienfe, or buck’s-horn erigeron : leaves 
rolled back at the bale. Native of Buenos Aires, in 
South America ; cultivated in the Eltham garden in 1732 • 
flowers in July and Auguft. 
8. Erigeron Jamaicenfe, or Jamaica erigeron: (lem 
few-flowered, fubvillofe ; leaves wedge-form-lanceolate, 
with two ferratures on each fide. Sloane obferves that 
the roots are fmooth, white, no bigger than threads, and 
an inch and an half long ; (lem round, hoary, five or fix 
inches high, having few leaves, placed without order, 
feflile, with a narrow beginning, augmenting to a round 
end, about an inch long, rough, hoary, of a whitifh green 
colour, very often having two or three notches; flowers 
on the top of the (tern, and from the axils, refembling 
thofe of groundfel, compofed of many fmall yellow 
florets clofe fet together, encircled by many whitifh, long, 
narrow, femiflorets. Native of Jamaica. 
.9. Erigeron Philadelphicum, or fpreading erigeron : 
(lem many-flowered; leaves lanceolate, fubferrate, thofe 
on the (tern half-ftem-clafping ; flofcules of the ray ca- 
pillaceous, the length of the difk. Native of North Ame¬ 
rica ; obferved in Canada by Kalm. Perennial; it flowers 
from June to Auguft. Loureiro thus defcribes a Cochin- 
chinele plant under this name : Stem herbaceous, three 
feet high, ereft, branched; leaves finuate ; flowers yel¬ 
low, panicled, terminating, oblong, many; female florets 
in the ray very (lender, ere£l; receptacle naked; down 
hairy. It agrees in the fpecific charadter with this fpecies, 
but it is doubtful whether they are the fame fpecies. The 
defcriptionin,Linnaeus’s fpecies belongs loE.iEgyptiacum. 
10. Erigeron purpureuin, or purple erigeron : Item 
many-flowered, hairy ; leaves oblong, fomewhat toothed, 
(lem-clafping ; corollas of the ray capillaceous, longer 
than the dilk. Root perennial; (lem herbaceous, branch¬ 
ed, a foot or more in height. Native of Hudfon’s Bay ; 
flowering in July and Auguft. 
11. Erigeron ^Egyptiactim, or Egyptian erigeron: 
leaves half-ftem-clafping, fpatulate, toothed ; flowers glo¬ 
bular. Root annual; (tern Ample, upright, a foot and an 
half high, fomewhat ftreaked, afli-coloured, pubefcent, 
and fomewhat vifcid. Native of Sicily and Egypt. 
12. Erigeron Gouani, or clufter-flowered erigeron: 
flowers heaped ; calyxes fcariofe; leaves lanceolate, 
fomewhat toothed, fcabrous about the edge. Root an¬ 
nual, bitter; (lem upright, round, a foot high, Ample, 
with a few upright hairs. It approaches very near to E. 
.TDgygtiacum. According to Gouan, the (lem is fmooth, 
very (lightly ftreaked, rough at the top, with whitifh 
hairs prelfed clofe ; the root-leaves and lower ftem-leaves 
are petioled, ovate, ciliate, an inch wide, near two inches 
in length, or as long as the petiole, very fmooth, quite 
entire at the bafe, toothed from the middle to the tip ; 
teeth large, equal, diftant : middle ftem-leaves feflile or 
rather ftem-clalping, lanceolate ; upper (tern leaves, and 
thofe on the branches, narrower, hirfute, quite entire; 
flowers 
